AA returns to Piarco airport

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad  – An American Airlines plane was forced to return to Piarco International Airport today following reports of a “strange” packet on board the plane.
“The flight had just taken off when the airport security received an anonymous call that there was a package on board that should not be there. As a measure of precaution, a message was sent to the crew to return to the gate. The passengers were removed from the aircraft to allow security checks,” chairman of the state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) Rabindra Moonan, told the Trinidad Express newspaper.
Moonan said the aircraft, which left at 7 am (local time) was now being searched.
“I don’t have further details, as it is an American Airline plane. But the security is investigating the matter thoroughly before the passengers are allowed to board again and leave for their destination,” he said.
Neither American Airlines nor the Airport Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (AATT) have commented as yet on the incident. (CMC)